Town comparison · Castleisland vs Glenbeigh

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Castleisland or Glenbeigh?

Both towns measured at town level, not the wider Eircode area, on the same 52 figures: prices, schools, amenities, social life, commute, affluence and safety.

Castleisland, Co. Kerry · V92 · 2,536 people | Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry · V93 · 426 people

Castleisland is the stronger town on the data. It leads on 3 of the 7 dimensions to Glenbeigh’s 1, with 3 level.

Castleisland leads on
schools & amenitiesaffordabilityaccess to its nearest city
Glenbeigh leads on
education levels
26188

Castleisland aheadlevel or not comparableGlenbeigh ahead

AffluenceEducationAmenitiesTransportSafetyAffordabilityCity access
CastleislandGlenbeigh
iCastleisland sits in V92, Glenbeigh in V93. Each figure below is tagged with the geographic level it’s actually measured at. The town ahead on a row is the one in green. Scores and percentages are charted against a true 0 to 100 scale; every other row is charted against the larger of the two towns, so the bars compare but don’t imply a ceiling.

Outlines are each town’s CSO Small Areas — the exact footprint every figure is measured over.

Castleisland
Glenbeigh

Size

TOWN · census

Resident population at the 2022 CSO census, summed over the Small Areas that make up each town. Not scored: a bigger town isn’t a better one, it just explains why the counts below differ.

2,536
Population
426

Prices & market

TOWN · exact
€220k
Median sale pricelower is better
€290k
Castleisland leads
€140k – €265k
Typical range (P25–P75)
€234k – €344k
55
Sales (24m)
31
N/A
Price momentum (YoY)
N/A
3.6%
New-build share
0.0%

Schools, health & amenities

TOWN · counts

Facilities in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. Bigger towns naturally score higher — read alongside population.

3 prim · 3 sec
Schools
1 prim · 0 sec
Castleisland leads
Castleisland · 6 schools (largest first)
Castleisland Community College Secondary
422 pupils · 65% to 3rd-level · MULTI DENOMINATIONAL
Meanscoil Naomh Ioseph Secondary
242 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Meanscoil Phadraig Naofa Secondary
187 pupils · 60% to 3rd-level · CATHOLIC
Gaelscoil Naomh Aogain Primary
173 pupils · Catholic
Muire Gan Smal Primary
117 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Scoil Naomh Chárthaigh Primary
60 pupils · CatholicDEIS
Glenbeigh · 1 schools (largest first)
S N Gleann Beithe Primary
107 pupils · CatholicDEIS
3
Creches
1
Castleisland leads
N/A
GP practices
N/A
2
Pharmacies
0
Castleisland leads
0
Hospitals
0
2
Bus stops
2
0
Rail / Luas stops
0
8
Gyms & leisure
1
Castleisland leads
2
Parks & playgrounds
0
Castleisland leads
14
Sports pitches
2
Castleisland leads

Social life

TOWN · counts

Places to eat, drink and go out in and around each town — each counted once, for the town it’s closest to. The residents per venue row is the fairer read — raw counts just track town size, so a big town wins by being big.

10
Restaurants
1
Castleisland leads
2
Cafés
2
7
Pubs & bars
2
Castleisland leads
1
Takeaways
1
1
Nightclubs
0
Castleisland leads
0
Cinema & theatre
0
121
Residents per venuelower is better
71
Glenbeigh leads

Day-to-day

TOWN · counts

The errands you run without thinking about them. Same caveat — read the residents-per-service row alongside the counts.

3
Supermarkets
0
Castleisland leads
3
Convenience shops
1
Castleisland leads
3
Bakery, butcher & greengrocer
0
Castleisland leads
1
Banks
0
Castleisland leads
1
Post offices
1
4
Hairdressers
0
Castleisland leads
2
Dentists
0
Castleisland leads
1
Vets
0
Castleisland leads
3
Filling stations
1
Castleisland leads
0
EV charging
0
2
Library & community centre
0
Castleisland leads
110
Residents per shop or servicelower is better
142
Castleisland leads

Commute by car

TOWN · from centre

Drive time from the town centre to each city centre — typical off-peak, with an estimated weekday rush hour. OSRM road routing.

78m · ~95 rush
Limericklower is better
118m · ~135 rush
Castleisland leads
92m · ~115 rush
Corklower is better
103m · ~125 rush
Castleisland leads
148m · ~170 rush
Galwaylower is better
188m · ~210 rush
Castleisland leads
174m · ~190 rush
Waterfordlower is better
196m · ~210 rush
Castleisland leads
208m · ~245 rush
Dublinlower is better
248m · ~285 rush
Castleisland leads

Affluence & profile

ELECTORAL DIVISION
-7.7
Affluence (Pobal HP)
-7.2
Glenbeigh leads
Castleisland · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-10CastleislandDisadvantaged
-6CastleislandBelow average
Glenbeigh · 2 EDs, poorest → richest
-9GlanbehyDisadvantaged
-5GlanbehyBelow average
28.2%
Third-level educated
29.7%
Glenbeigh leads
29.3%
Professional class
34.7%
Glenbeigh leads
12.3%
Unemploymentlower is better
14.3%
Castleisland leads
68.8%
Owner-occupier
75.8%
Glenbeigh leads
16.2%
Private rental
12.5%
11.8%
Social housing (LA)
5.9%

Liveability & safety

AREA · V92 / V93

Wider-area figures, not the town. Quality of life & rank are for the whole Eircode area each town sits in (CastleislandV92, GlenbeighV93); safety & crime are the Kerry Garda division — so they read identically for both towns.

66/100
Quality of Life
70/100
Glenbeigh leads

Quality of Life is the equal-weighted average of these seven 0–100 dimensions, scored for the whole Eircode routing area (V92 / V93) from official data — Garda crime, CSO income & census, OPW flood, EPA water, and transport/healthcare/broadband coverage. Refreshed quarterly. The dashed line is each town’s overall score (that average) — dimensions to its right beat the average, to its left fall short. Two towns can share a score with a very different mix.

CastleislandGlenbeighOverall (avg)
Safety66727072
Affordability9989
Infrastructure6589
Family7578
Education4041
Environment8482
Economic3042
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#35
National ranklower is better
#18
Glenbeigh leads
#3
County ranklower is better
#2
Glenbeigh leads
72/100
Safety
72/100
42.6
Crime / 1,000
42.6

Affluence range

Pobal HP deprivation index, published per Electoral Division, so the spread shows the town’s poorest to richest ED. A town that is a single ED shows one mark, no range.

Castleisland Below average-7.7
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Castleisland -10 (least affluent) → Castleisland -6 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.
Glenbeigh Below average-7.2
← more deprivednational avg · 0more affluent →
Spread across the town: Glanbehy -9 (least affluent) → Glanbehy -5 (most affluent). Every neighbourhood is below the national average.

How accurate is this, and at what level?

TOWN
Prices, amenities and commute are exact and town-specific.

Prices come from individual PPR sales inside the town’s Small-Area boundary; schools, GPs, transport, gyms and parks are counted the same way; commute is routed from the town centre.

ED
Affluence, profile and tenure are Electoral-Division level.

Published per Electoral Division and averaged across the town’s EDs, with a range where the town spans several.

AREA
Liveability and safety are wider-area, not the town.

Quality of life and rank are per Eircode routing key; safety and crime are the Garda division (Kerry), coarser than a town, so two towns in the same county read the same.

Population growth isn’t shown: the 2016 and 2022 censuses don’t use the same Small Areas, and the areas that were re-cut are the ones that grew, so a like-for-like comparison understates growth badly. Rent and yield are still too sparse to show per town. Built from 12 CSO Small Areas.

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